CONTENTS.CHAPTER I.LIVING IN THE COUNTRY— LIFE AT SCHOOL— THE HUT CLUB IS FORMED— THE COMING OF THE CIRCUSCHAPTER II.ARCHIE LONGS FOR A CHANGE IN SURROUNDINGS— A TRIP TO NEW YORK WITH UNCLE HENRYCHAPTER III.ARCHIE DETERMINES TO GO TO THE CITY TO WORK— LEAVING HOME AT NIGHTCHAPTER IV.WORKING ON A FARM TO EARN SOME MONEY— CRUEL TREATMENTCHAPTER V.THE NIGHT AMONG THE RUINS— THE CAMP-FIRE OF THE TRAMPSCHAPTER VI.STEALING A RIDE— KICKED OUT BY THE BRAKEMANCHAPTER VII.ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK— A NIGHT IN A LODGING-HOUSECHAPTER VIII.LOOKING FOR WORK— WASHING DISHES IN A BOWERY RESTAURANTCHAPTER IX.IN THE STREET AGAIN— THE POLICE STATION— VISITS THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE, AND IS KINDLY RECEIVED BY THE EDITORCHAPTER X.LIVING IN COMFORT AGAIN— FEATURED AS "THE BOY REPORTER"CHAPTER XI.A DAY AND A NIGHT IN CONEY ISLAND— RAIDING A GAMBLING DENCHAPTER XII.A SUCCESSFUL REPORTER— THE EDITOR DECIDES TO SEND HIM AS CORRESPONDENT TO THE PHILIPPINES— LEAVING NEW YORK— IN CHICAGOCHAPTER XIII.SAN FRANCISCO— THE TRANSPORT GONE— WORKING HIS WAY TO HONOLULU BY PEELING VEGETABLES ON A PACIFIC LINER— THE CAPITAL OF HAWAIICHAPTER XIV.THE VOYAGE ON THE TRANSPORT— A STORM AT SEA— ARRIVAL IN MANILACHAPTER XV.ARCHIE STARTS OUT ON AN EXPLORING TOUR, AND HAS SOME STRANGE ADVENTURES AMONG THE NATIVES— SEIZED BY THE REBELSCHAPTER XVI.A PLEASANT CAPTOR— BRAVE BILL HICKSON ALLOWS ARCHIE TO ESCAPE— FIRST GLIMPSE OF AGUINALDOCHAPTER XVII.ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICAN TROOPS— ARCHIE THE HERO OF THE REGIMENTCHAPTER XVIII.THE MARCH AFTER THE REBELS— THE FIRST BATTLE— ARCHIE WOUNDEDCHAPTER XIX.RETURN TO MANILA— IN THE HOSPITAL— CONGRATULATED BY ALL— WRITING TO THE PAPER OF HIS EXPERIENCESCHAPTER XX.AROUND THE ISLAND ON A WAR-SHIP— BOMBARDING A FILIPINO TOWNCHAPTER XXI.CONTINUING THE CRUISE— ANOTHER VILLAGE CAPTURED— THE ADMIRAL ARCHIE'S FRIEND— A GREAT BATTLE AND AN UNEXPECTED VICTORY— LONGING TO BE HOME AGAINCHAPTER XXII.RETURN TO HEADQUARTERS— A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR, WITH PERMISSION TO RETURN TO NEW YORK— BILL HICKSON GOES, TOOCHAPTER XXIII.HONG KONG— A HAPPY TIME IN TOKIO— HONOLULU AGAIN— ARRIVAL IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND A GREAT RECEPTION BY THE PRESS— ARCHIE AND BILL ARRIVE IN NEW YORK, AND ARE THE HEROES OF THE HOURCHAPTER XXIV.DOING "SPECIAL" WORK UPON THE EVENING PAPER— INTERVIEWS WITH FAMOUS MEN— CALLS UPON OLD FRIENDSCHAPTER XXV.PRIVATE SECRETARY TO A MILLIONAIRE— STUDYING AT EVENING SCHOOL— LIVING AMID ELEGANT SURROUNDINGSCHAPTER XXVI.DECIDES TO VISIT HOME— A GREAT RECEPTION IN THE TOWN— A PUBLIC CHARACTER NOW— DINNER TO THE HUT CLUB— DEMONSTRATION AT THE TOWN HALL— A TELEGRAM FROM HIS EMPLOYER LEAVING FOR EUROPE |
LIVING IN THE COUNTRY— LIFE AT SCHOOL— THE HUT CLUB IS FORMED— THE COMING OF THE CIRCUS.
"YES," said Mrs. Dunn to her neighbour, Mrs. Sullivan, "we are expecting great things of Archie, and yet we sometimes hardly know what to think of the boy. He has the most remarkable ideas of things, and there seems to be absolutely no limit to his ambition. He has long since determined that he will some day be President, and he expects to enter politics the day he is twenty-one."
"Is that so, indeed," said Mrs. Sullivan. "Well, we can never tell what is going to come of our boys. As I says to Dannie to-day, says I, 'Dannie, you must do your best to be somebody and make something of yourself, for you and Jack bees all that I has to depend upon now.' But Dannie pays no attention to my entreaties, and somehow it seems to me that since Mr. Sullivan died the boys are gettin' worse and worse. It's beyond me to control them, anyhow."